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NCAA rules prevent the public or media from attending scrimmages so only the coaches and players participating can fill in the details, and even then, the NCAA only allows them to speak about it in general terms.

But from what Ball State coach Billy Taylor and his players have revealed, it's clear their scrimmage Oct. 27 at Wright State was ugly. The Cardinals were apparently as discombobulated as one might fear from a team with 10 newcomers, six of whom are scholarship players.

That dismal performance left Taylor and his staff a laundry list of areas to improve upon last week in practice, and ...